# 祗

| 祗 | U+7957, &#31063; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7957 |
| ← 祖 [U+7956] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 祘 → [U+7958] |

## Translingual
### Han character

祗 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈火竹心一 (IFHPM) or 戈火竹女戈 (IFHVI), four-corner 3224$_0$, composition ⿰礻氐(GHT) or ⿰示氐(JK))

#### Derived characters

* 𭉸

#### Usage notes

Not to be confused with 祇, which looks similar but has a different meaning.

### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 841, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24665
* Dae Jaweon: page 1260, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2394, character 3
* Unihan data for U+7957

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 低 | *tiːl |
| 氐 | *tiːl, *til |
| 袛 | *tiːl |
| 羝 | *tiːl |
| 眡 | *tiːl, *djilʔ |
| 岻 | *tiːl, *dil |
| 奃 | *tiːl |
| 趆 | *tiːl, *tiːls |
| 柢 | *tiːl, *tiːlʔ, *tiːls |
| 邸 | *tiːlʔ |
| 底 | *tiːlʔ |
| 詆 | *tiːlʔ, *diːl |
| 坻 | *tiːlʔ, *tjelʔ, *dil |
| 抵 | *tiːlʔ |
| 牴 | *tiːlʔ |
| 觝 | *tiːlʔ |
| 弤 | *tiːlʔ |
| 軧 | *tiːlʔ |
| 骶 | *tiːls |
| 砥 | *tjelʔ, *tjil, *tjilʔ, *tjils |
| 胝 | *til |
| 疷 | *til |
| 秪 | *til |
| 泜 | *dil |
| 蚳 | *dil |
| 彽 | *dil |
| 阺 | *dil |
| 貾 | *dil |
| 祗 | *tjil |
| 厎 | *tjilʔ, *tjɯʔ |
| 茋 | *tjilʔ |
| 鴟 | *tʰjil |
| 汦 | *kjeʔ, *tjil |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjil) : semantic 示 + phonetic 氐 (OC *tiːl, *til).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhī (zhi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhī
*** Zhuyin: ㄓ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhih
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^1$
*** Yale: jr̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy
*** Palladius: чжи (čži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^1$
*** Yale: jī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi
*** Tâi-lô: tsi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cy
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: tsyij
Rime :
| Character | 祗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 旨夷切 |
| Baxter | tsyij |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕiɪ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕjɪ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ci/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕi/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tjil/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 祗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2270 |
| Phonetic component | 氐 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 脂 |
| Old Chinese | /*tjil/ |

#### Definitions

祗
* (literary) to respect; to look up to; to revere

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 祗 – see 只 (“only; just; simply; merely; originally; at first; etc.”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 只).

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 祗 – see 祇 (“earth spirit; big; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 祇).

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02892

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* to respect; to look up to
* earnestly; just

#### Readings

* Go-on: し (shi)
* Kan-on: し (shi)
* Kun: つつしむ (tsutsushimu, 祗む)、ただ (tada, 祗だ)、まさに (masani, 祗に)

#### Compounds

* 祗(し)役(えき) (shieki)
* 祗(し)候(こう) (shikō)
* 祗(し)承(じょう) (shijō)
* 祗(し)承(ぞう) (shizō)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 祗 (MC tsyij).

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕi]
* Phonetic hangul: [지]

### Hanja

Wikisource 祗 (eumhun 공경(恭敬)할 지 (gonggyeonghal ji))
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Compounds

* 지명 (祗命, jimyeong)
* 지배 (祗拜, jibae)
* 지송 (祗送, jisong)
* 지수 (祗受, jisu)
* 지영 (祗迎, jiyeong)
* 지후 (祗候, jihu)

### References

* Naver Hanja Dictionary: 祗